Function handle doesn't work as intended

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Karsten Gros 2017-6-15

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Hi, I have a question regarding my matlab-code. Basically, the code should calculate the heat-transfer for drop-wise condensation. At the end of the program, I should have a funvtion with deltaT as variable parameter. But the error-message basically says that .* can't be used with function handles. I attached the file, so if anyone is willing to help me, you would make me very happy :) Any ideas how I could get the program fixed? Thanks in advance and best regards, Karsten

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James Tursa 2017-6-15

Please copy and paste the entire error message so we know which exact line is causing the problem and which exact error message MATLAB is giving you.

Karsten Gros 2017-6-15

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Hi, thanks for your quick response. Here's the error message:

Undefined operator '.*' for input arguments of type 'function_handle'.
Error in
qi_neu>@(deltaT)2./r_c.*((1+cos(Theta)./(2.*h_i)+delta./(lamda_coat.*sin(Theta).^2)+(r.*Theta)./(4.*lamda_l.*sin(Theta)))).^(-1).*r_c.^2.*pi.*(deltaT.*ln(r_c./r_min(deltaT))+2.*T_sat.*sigma./(H_fg.*rho_l).*(1./r_c-1./r_min(deltaT)))
Error in qi_neu (line 97)
q_tot1(1)

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Answer 1

Walter Roberson 2017-6-15

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Q = @(r, deltaT) pi.*r.^2.*(deltaT-(2.*T_sat.*sigma)./(H_fg.*r.*rho_l)).*((1+cos(Theta)./(2.*h_i)+delta./(lamda_coat.*sin(Theta).^2)+(r.*Theta)./(4.*lamda_l.*sin(Theta)))).^(-1)

needs to be

Q = @(r, deltaT) pi.*r.^2.*(deltaT-(2.*T_sat.*sigma)./(H_fg.*r.*rho_l)).*((1+cos(Theta)./(2.*h_i(deltaT))+delta./(lamda_coat.*sin(Theta).^2)+(r.*Theta)./(4.*lamda_l.*sin(Theta)))).^(-1)

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Walter Roberson 2017-6-17

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When that change is made, that error message disappears, leaving you with other error messages.

You use delta_T twice in one of the lines, instead of deltaT
You use r once in a line where r has not been defined; it appears that should be r_c which is used multiple times on that line
You call upon ln() instead of log() . That is not an uncommon error -- and yet when I research I have been unable to find any major programming language that calls it ln()

Revised code attached. I have no idea if the correct value is calculated.

James Tursa 2017-6-19

Not a "major programming language", but MS Excel uses ln() for natural log.

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James Tursa 2017-6-15

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Just quickly looking though what was posted, this line:

grid onq_tot2 = @(deltaT) integral(@(r) stopp(r), r_c, r_max)

looks like it should be two separate lines:

grid on
q_tot2 = @(deltaT) integral(@(r) stopp(r), r_c, r_max)

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Karsten Gros 2017-6-19

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Hi, your corrections worked ;) Thank you very much. Could you give me a hint where you replaced the r with the r_c? And When I tried to plot the end-equation, It didn't work. Any hints for that one? (It works for q_tot1, but not for q_tot2 or q_tot) Best regards :)

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Walter Roberson 2017-6-20

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You have

q_tot2 = @(deltaT) integral(@(r) stopp(r), r_c, r_max)

you need

q_tot2 = @(DT) arrayfun(@(deltaT) integral(@(r) stopp(r,deltaT), r_c, r_max), DT);

This passes through the deltaT to stopp, which needs two parameters but you were only passing one. It also takes care of some issues with the fact that fplot calls the function with a vector but the code was only expecting to be called with a scalar.

When you have a true function (created with function) that uses a parameter and you do not pass something in that position, then MATLAB does not look throuh the calling environment to find a parameter with the name and use it: true functions are blind to their calling environment (except to what is provided by evalin('caller') or provided by inputname(), or dbstatus() or mfilename())

When you define an anonymous function and explicitly refer to a variable that is not named in the @() argument list, then at the time that the anonymous function is defined, MATLAB will look for a definition for that variable and will copy its current value into the function definition, "capturing" the value. If you refer to a variable that is not in the @() parameter list and is not defined at the time the anonymous function is defined, then MATLAB will give you an error at execution time, even if a variable of the same name is assigned to between the time the anonymous function is created and the time the anonymous function is called.

In your case you had something of the form

@(variable) somefunction(different_variable)

where somefunction was defined as an anonymous function @(somename, variable) . But at the time of calls, MATLAB does not look into the calling environment to search for a variable with a matching name, so even through somefunction wanted "variable" and there was a "variable" in the environment at the time of the call, MATLAB does not do that kind of looking by name. Looking by name is only for explicit references (and only at the time anonymous functions are defined.) So for example,

   different_variable = 2343.3432914;
   abc = @(variable) somefunction(different_variable, variable)

would be fine, because variable of the call would be matched against the parameter name from the definition, and the explicitly mentioned different_variable would be looked for in the environment and found and its 2343.3432914 value would be copied in to the function definition.